£1150 spec me please.

Dougyteale

Dougyteale

Dougyteale

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Hello everyone, I few months ago I looked into building a PC but couldn't get round to ordering due to work. Anyway i'm back again looking for a bit of advice with the latest parts and best bang for buck!

Ideally i would like the build to be around £1150, I do NOT require a monitor, keyboard, mouse, or an OS.

The Corsair Obsidian 650D seems to have good reviews and looks decent, so i would like to have this case, but the rest i am unsure of. I don't think I want to wait for Haswell to be released either.

I will be using the PC for games of all genres.

Thanks in advance guys and gals! :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £144.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £136.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / 1150 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / LGA2011/ AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £76.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £68.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,115.77 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
1x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £279.95

1x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** - £10 Cashback £259.99

1x OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-240G.20) £199.99

1x Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £163.99

1x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £144.98

1x OCZ ZT 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £82.98

1x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £62.98

2x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CML8GX3M2B1600C11) £59.99

2x Noctua NF-F12 PWM 120mm Focused Flow PWM Cooling Fan £15.98

1 xArctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.59

What do you guys think of this spec? My friend has put it together but i think i will swap the i7 for an i5.
 
 
ExRayTed, Whats with the motherboard and SSD choice?

No reason for a mATX motherboard...

There are also better SSD's for the money, including the Toshiba and the Samsung.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £144.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3) (CW-9060014-WW) £94.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £94.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £68.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,201.78 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
Thanks for the replies, made a few alterations,

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £239.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) ** Cash Back Promo ** £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £144.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020061-UK) £78.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £20.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,173.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).



How does this look? Should it all be compatible and have i missed any sales or cheaper items?

Cheers!
 
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the problem is i keep waiting for things and i have a brief period now to build something, so i thought the i5 will last a few years at least anyway, and will be cheaper and more stable than the haswell.
 
Dougyteale said:
the problem is i keep waiting for things and i have a brief period now to build something, so i thought the i5 will last a few years at least anyway, and will be cheaper and more stable than the haswell.
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Fair point.

I don't know what you mean about more stable though....

It will still last a long while.
 
Haswell is only a few days away now surely? (must be?)

So would it not be worth waiting to see what's going on once the chips are available? :)
 
My plan was to order today and build on Monday as i have a day off, but earliest is tuesday =( forgot it was a bank holiday in England =P. I have bought a new guitar today so I guess i'll put off building it for another few weeks, maybe see what the haswell chip has to offer.

Thanks for all the responses got a good idea what to expect to build!
 
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